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A step towards dignity in dying
We’re all going to die. And we all hope it will be quick and painless. But what if it isn’t? What if the last months of your life become an endurance test of agonizing pain without respite? Wouldn’t you want the right to end it? I know I would. And I’d want public health professionals …
We don’t just need a new mandate. We need a strategy to achieve it.
I have a great deal of respect for Kenny MacAskill. He has contributed much to this nation’s journey to independence. And so, when the new leader of the Alba party offers a strategy to move forward on that journey, we should listen thoughtfully to what he has to say. His current position is that all …
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Reform UK are the ultra-unionists of Scotland
Did you watch aghast as the English council election results rolled in on Friday? As Farage’s Reform UK swept into the county halls of Englandshire, having won the Runcorn by-election earlier in the day. True, it’s only a part of England, the most rightward leaning part at that. And yes, less than a third of …
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Fantastic team out today in Wallyford. Some great chats on the doors about how Labour’s failure to deal with the cost of living is having such negative consequences for families, how badly we need independence, and how only an SNP win can take us there.
Saturday 19 July, Edinburgh
National Demo for Palestine
*NOTE CHANGE OF START POINT*
This is a critical moment for our movement. Be there if you can!
#StopArmingIsrael
#StoptheGenocideNow
This is a good positive start. Objectives set. Now we need to agree the means by which we achieve them. Crucially, how do we turn up the heat on the UK to force acceptance of our right to self determination. Time to get involved.
Looking forward to this fringe show
I'm speaking at the @edfringe on Tuesday 12 August for the 'Conversations with the Godless' series with @humanists_uk's chief exec @andrewcopson
At @StandComedyClub from 12:15pm.
Do join us if you're there!
TICKETS: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/conversations-with-the-godless-peter-tatchell